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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the French negotiator tell Sharpe about the French army?
(a) He is not part of the French army.
(b) It is in Madrid.
(c) The army is in Lisbon.
(d) It will be arriving soon.

2. What does Sharpe say he plans to do about the French to the French negotiator?
(a) He has no desire to fight.
(b) He doesn't know what he plans to do.
(c) He plans to leave that night.
(d) He plans to capture all the French troops.

3. Why has Louisa joined Sharpe's group?
(a) She is looking for a husband.
(b) To have an adventure.
(c) She is tired of reading the Bible all the time.
(d) To get away from her uncle and aunt.

4. What does Parker ask Sharpe to do?
(a) To allow his wife to leave.
(b) To keep his niece safe.
(c) To lend him a rifle.
(d) Negotiate the Parkers' release from the farmhouse.

5. Where does Sharpe put a dozen riflemen when he spots French cavalry?
(a) Behind the Parkers' carriage.
(b) In a group of trees.
(c) Formed into a square in the middle of the road.
(d) Across the road in a line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharpe order Williams to do at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. Who does Sharpe meet in the night?

3. What does Sharpe command Harper to do?

4. What does Harper suggest they do with the Parker's carriage?

5. How does Vivar refer to his brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Parker say about Santiago de Compostela and the British?

2. With whom does Sharpe dine the first night in the fortress and why do Vivar and Alzaga argue?

3. What do the British and Spanish find when they enter a village, what do they do and how do the troops feel?

4. What does Vivar ask Sharpe to recount and what does Vivar explain to Sharpe? Where does he ask Sharpe to go?

5. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers when they see French cavalry coming and what does he do with his riflemen? Who does he see within the French forces?

6. What happens as Sharpe is about to order his riflemen to flee the house and who joins him in the woods?

7. What does De l'Eclin tell Sharpe about surrender and what does he say about the French army? What does Sharpe think of De l'Eclin's assertion about the French army?

8. Who does Sharpe meet when a monk wakes him and asks Sharpe to come with him and what does this person say to Sharpe?

9. Why do Sharpe's men begin to call out enthusiastically when the Parkers come in front of the assembly and what does Mrs. Parker explain to Sharpe?

10. What is the fortress to which Vivar has brought Sharpe and the Spanish troops and what does Vivar say about Spain and the French?

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